So there we were.
“Big Black Balls” ready to play “Drunk, And Looking To Score.”
We were 2-0, tied for first place in the league standings, while “Drunk And Looking To Score” was 1-1 and tied for second. I could sense we were ready to play well and a win would have put us in firm control of locking down one of four playoff spots.
There was only one problem: We didn’t have any lights. By the time we started to warm up, it was getting pretty dark — and that would be a major issue in kickball.
See, PLAYNOLA rents the field from the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC). Evidently the NORDC forgot to set the timers on the lights to the correct time — something to do with Daylight Savings Time, we figured — and thus the entire night of kickball was canceled. A truly disappointing outcome for all.
To PLAYNOLA’s credit, they assured us the game would be rescheduled.
Who knows? This one game could decide who goes to the playoffs and who stays home. Would we have wanted to play this game so early in the season then?
Maybe “The Blackout” — at least this part of it — was a blessing in disguise.